Improvement in water-meters



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The' meter is supposed to be situated near to the blinded time n'. N. ALLEN, o'rfP'i'rTs'FoRn, VERMONT,

Laim Patent No. 90,717, dated .im 1, 1869.

' IMPROVEMENT 1N WATER-Marana The Schedulerefexred tov in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.l

To all whom 'it 'may concern Be it known that I, R. N; ALLEN, of Pittsford, in the county of Rutland, and State of Vermont, have invented a certain new and vuseful Improvement in Fluid-Meter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, mak# ing a part of this specification, in whichy Figure l'is a side view of the meter.

Figure 2, a view of the inside from the top.

Figure 3, a trans'vclse section.

Figure 4, a detached section.

Like letters .of reference refer to `like parts in the several vieWS.

The purpose of this invention is for measuring oil and other uids in large quantities, and4 in such way that the machine is automatic in its operation, so that no 'personal attention is reqniredto fill the meter, or to discharge its contents.

ln iig. 1, A represents the measure, and which con?" sists of an oblong square box, 'provided witha transfr'ex'se partitionwall, B, iig. 2, whereby it is divided into two equal compartments, OIE.

Tiansversely across the centreof the bottom of the box is secured a. shell, or sleeve, F, in which are cnt longitudinal openings, or ports G-'H and I 'J ,two of which, Gr H, are on one side of the partition-wall B, I

'and I J on the other, as shown in`ig. 2, which also shows the relative position they hold to-eaoh other. and to the box.

In said shell, or sleeve F, is fitted aA tubular shaft,

K, iig. 4. The ends of said shaft project beyond the sides of thebox, forming trunnion-like bearings, o'n whichfth'e meter is supported, they beingsecured rigidly in the bearing-seats L. Y

rIhis tubular shaft is divided transversely in the midi die by a diaphragm,N M, whereby the openings N O and N O', fig. 4, arevsepa'rated from each other.

Said openings correspond in size, number, and position, to the openings in the shell above referred to, and with which they are brought in open relations, as and for a purpose hereinafter shown.

The shell F is closely fitted to the tubular shaft, but not so closely but that it will allow the shell to turn upon it, and thereby allow to the box a 'vibratory movement, the shell and shaft serving as the centre of viblation, and the support of themeter.

Having thus described the construction and 'arrange l ment of'the apparatus, the practica] operation of the oil-tank, or other vessel from which the liquid isto be drawn o, and is put in connection with it by means of a pipe, which is made fast to one end of the tubular shaft referred to, as at P, fig. 2.

The box is tilted, so as to bring the end a down upon the rest Q, iig. l, thereby elevating the opposite end, the result of which will be to bring theopening I of the shell in -open relations with the opening M, in the tubular shaft, at the same time closing the opening J, and its corresponding opening in the shaft.

' In this position of theapparatus the oil will ow into the compartments C, through the openings I, which, on being filled, will cause a couuterbalancing of the box, and bring down the end b upon the rest R, which will open the port J, and allow the oil to run out into the tubular shaft on theopposite side of the diaphragm M; from thence into the barrel, or other vessel placed to receive it.

At the same time that port J is opened, port I is 'closed,.thereby shutting oii` a further inowinggof the oil. During this reverse action of the meter, the opening, or port H, in the compartment E, is closed, and, at the same time, opening port G, through which oil A will ow into the4 empty compartmentv E, which, on i becoming full at the time that the opposite Aend `has discharged itself, will bring down the end a again upon the rest g, shutting the port G and opening H, through whichthe oil will flow out into the barrel as before.' During this opening and shutting of the ports G H,

port J is closed, and I opened, allowing the oil tofiow again into compartment O, asbefore, and so on, alternately receivingat one end of the meter, while` discharging at the other.

.At eachvibration of the meter, the arm A', pivoted "tothe side of the box, and the free end made to rest upon and engage the ratchet-wheelvB', fig. 3, will cause the dial-plate O' to revolve 'from' onenumber to an-..

other, and which will te indicates by theiuaeX-finger 'l By this means the number of'vibrations are shown, and the capacity of each compartment being known,

the amountof oil run ofi' is easily and' accurately ohtained. v

This meter maybe sodjusted, by means of a gradnated scale of weights, as to cause'it to vibrate when any given'number of gallons shall have run in.. -Thusthe machine can be made to operate at less than its vfull'capacity. l f As the box is covered tightly with a lid, hence ob- ,l l

servation is not easily had to the inside.

A glass tube, c, fig. I, is ttached to the outside of v such compartment of the box, and with which it com- 'municates,A so that'on .filling thecompartment the oil will also ascend in the tube, and thus discover to those outside the depth of oil within. Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The sleeve F, provided with ports, or openings, and the tubular shaft, having also ports, or openings, in combination with the vibrating box and 'diaphragm M, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

" It. N. ALLEN.

iVitnesses l W. H. Bussines, J H. Bunnrnen. 

